Oz the Final Season - Every sentence must come to an end.

[PeterDragon]

Well, time to follow Teenweek's cut & pasting best:
Here is a clip from NY Daily News's David Bianculli

A grand slammer on HBO

What makes this final season different is that Fontana and HBO went into it knowing it was going to end, with no chance for appeal, so all bets - like all gloves - are off. Fontana and company are free to shock and challenge, to explore unexpected avenues and, most of all, to put any character in jeopardy at any time.

Fontana is already famous for going all-out and doing the unexpected. With eight episodes per season, he's averaged more than one death per show, and many of the casualties are principal characters. So what is he going to do with eight episodes left, and no need to leave anyone on their feet when the final credits roll?

Stand by, sports fans.

I've seen the first three episodes of this final season. I refuse to spoil any surprises, but I will say this: In the first episode, there is a moment so casually shocking, even by HBO standards, that you'll know it when you see it. In a screening room full of tough-guy actors from "Oz" and "The Sopranos," it elicited a squeamish round of groans and laughs. In the second episode, there's a scene involving cutlery that has nothing to do with shanks for the memories.

And in the third episode, there's one of those "oh wow" moments that you watch television for - the stunning things that you don't see coming, can't forget afterward and recognize instantly as high art and realistic drama.

Once again, I know where I'll be Sunday at 9..



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